The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 319: Flame Con 2024 with Shannon Watters and more Matt went to Flame Con last month and came back with interviews with Carey Pietsch (The Adventure Zone), Karen Charm, Jeremy Whitley (Navigating with You), Mad Cave Studios editor James Emmett, Molly Knox Ostertag (The Owl…
Everyone is talking about X-Men ’97, aren’t they? Well, I guess everyone includes us because you get the unfiltered opinions of these two chuckleheads now. Also we talk about adaptations of things from the original animated series. Ranked This Episode:
Things are looking bleak for our merry mutants as Wolverine lies metal-less and bleeding and the Gold Team are captives of Bastion. The X-Men must regroup and find a way to fight the future (or just travel there) in the season finale of X-Men ’97, “Tolerance Is Extinction Part 3,” written by Beau DeMayo and…
The X-Men reunite then split back up to face off against the dual threats of Bastion and Magneto in X-Men ’97 season 1, episode 9, “Tolerance Is Extinction Part 2,” written by Anthony Sellitti and directed by Emi-Emmett Yonemura “Tolerance Is Extinction Part 2” is emblematic of both the best and worst tendencies of X-Men…
Operation: Zero Tolerance stands revealed as Bastion launches his attack on mutantkind, the X-Men mount a desperate (and blade-y) counterattack and an old friend returns in X-Men ’97 season 1, episode 8, “Tolerance Is Extinction Part 1,” written by Beau DeMayo and Anthony Sellitti and directed by Chase Conley. Say this for the series: It’s…
Remember Professor X? Well, he’s back, in space-consort form, as Deathbird tries to skunk his engagement to Lilandra on the grounds that he’s a dirty Earth ape. Meanwhile, Storm deals with a death bird of her own as she fights to save Forge’s life and regain her powers in X-Men ’97 season 1, episode 6….
Mutants are more popular than ever: Trish Tilby is doing puff pieces from the mansion, and the mutant nation of Genosha is about to be admitted to the United Nations. So let’s throw a big mutant party! What could possibly go wrong in “Remember It,” X-Men ’97 season 1, episode 5, written by Beau De…
It’s two tales for the price of one as Jubilee gets sucked into a Mojo-fied version of the X-Men arcade game and Storm deals with the fallout of her power loss as she grows closer to Forge in X-Men ’97 episode 3, “Motendo/Lifedeath Part 1,” directed by Chase Conley and written by Beau DeMayo and…
TWO Jean Greys? The X-Men are seeing double as the machinations of an old foe come to light, leading to Cyclops and Jean having to make an agonizing decision in X-Men ’97 season 1 episode 3, “Fire Made Flesh,” written by Beau DeMayo & Charlie Feldman and directed by Yomi Yonemura. The first two episodes…
Picking up where the original X-Men animated series left off in 1997, X-Men ’97 returns to a familiar yet different world, where Professor X is dead, Jean Grey is pregnant and Bishop is there. But the world still fears and hates mutants, and now the X-Men must find a way to protect it while working…
Everyone loves X-Men: The Animated Series, right? At least, that’s what Disney is banking on with the release of X-Men ’97, the follow-up to the animated series that theoretically introduced a generation of kids to the X-Men. But with 76 episodes spread across five seasons in very confusing watch orders (Do I watch based on…
After several delays, it seems Marvel and Disney+ are finally ready to release their continuation of the original X-Men: The Animated Series television show and have unveiled a teaser trailer to hype the impending return. Does this new show have what it takes to simultaneously recapture its audience from 27 years ago and inspire a…